Julio Alejandro

"Nazarín is a Quixote of the priesthood " "Among the films I have made in Mexico, Nazarin is one that I prefer." "As inexplicable as the accidents that set it off, our imagination is a crucial privilege."

Friends of Luis Buñuel discuss the director while Buñuel mixes drinks and entertains friends in his home.

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

A woman jumping from the poverty of the countryside to the splendor of wealth in the city without losing its simplicity

A freed slave, who is descended from a murdered witch, plots revenge with her grandmother on a sugar plantation's inhabitants. Complications ensue due to her love for the master of the estate.

A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horacio is doomed.

Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.

Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.

A circus fakir performs a crucifixion act to earn enough money to secure a home for his mother. As the spectacle intensifies, the boundary between devotion, showmanship, and danger begins to blur.

A devoted woman sets out on a long pilgrimage, pleading for a miracle to save her husband. Along the road, her faith is tested by hardship, temptation, and the people she meets.

An elderly wealthy woman’s public charity in a forgotten town sparks tension and rivalry among neighbors. A working-class wife is pushed into a harsh maze of institutions as the conflict spills into family life.

A beautiful gypsy named Yesenia has no set path in life. During a caravan trip she meets Osvaldo who is enrolled in the militia, they both fall in love despite their differences and social prejudices.

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".

The story of a femme fatale whose adventures are narrated in flashbacks by the ghosts of her former lovers.

A man without identity/citizenship papers is stuck in the no-man's-land between two countries.

The romance between two young people intensifies the bitter feud between their rival families, which has been going on for three generations.

A man is sentenced to prison for a murder he did not commit. Thanks to a serum invented by his brother, he manages to become invisible and escape from prison in order to prove his innocence, while his brother works feverishly to find an antidote. Theatrically released in USA in Spanish language only; later English-dubbed version syndicated directly to television.

A great love story based on the idea and development of the famous monument that decorating Mexico City.

In 1809, a woman participates in the conspiracy for the independence of Mexico and her husband blames her for infidelity.

A ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through the Yucatan jungle.

Family with young-adult children returns to Mexico after many years in Spain.

A story where the Cristero Rebellion creates a story of love, passion, and betrayal. When the Federal Rosas and his lover arrive in a town, a local woman feels strangely attracted to him. The woman will surrender under the pretext that the population is liberated when in reality she wants to consummate the passion that ignites her.

A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.

Man and woman have a couple of one-night-stands spread out over 15 or 20 years.

The story revolves around Laura, a white singer, and Angustias, her longtime black friend, with both mothers dedicated to the education of their daughters: Alicia and Roberta. Trouble ensues when Laura’s daughter, Alicia, falls in love with Ricardo, a young black medical student.